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50 Years of ERIC
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Un-Nisa, Riffat; Sarwar, Muhammad; Naz, Anjum; Un-Nisa, Riffat; Noreen, Ghazala – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
This review examines the effects of nationality on attitudes of students to study science. It compares data from many countries published in refereed research journals, research reports, book chapters, and conference papers. The main aim is to identify the commonalities and variations in the students' attitudes with particular focus on students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Scientific Attitudes
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Sarwar, Muhammad; Bashir, Muhamamd; Alam, Muhammad – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
The author compared study attitudes of low and high achievers by using a self-developed study attitude scale (SAS) consisting of 36 items. Academic performance was measured through marks obtained by the students in the 9th grade examination conducted by the external body. The analysis revealed that the study attitude of secondary school students…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Sarwar, Muhammad; Yousuf, Muhammad Imran; Hussain, Shafqat – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
The study aimed at exploring the public sector secondary school teachers' perceptions for development of democratic values and strategies to improve the democratic system and attitudes toward democracy. Sixty secondary school teachers were selected as a sample. The qualitative data in the form of interview responses were collected to explore…
Descriptors: Democracy, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values, Secondary School Teachers
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Yousuf, Muhammad Imran; Sarwar, Muhammad; Dart, Gareth; Naseer-ud-Din, Muhmmad – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
Peace has been recognized as a matter of education and to be promoted at the initial level. The present study attempts to generate a profile of activities toward peace education among prospective teachers. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) was used by selecting fifteen prospective teachers as a Nominal Group (NG). NGT was applied under a sequence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peace, Conflict Resolution, Action Research
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Malik, Asif; Sarwar, Muhammad; Khan, Naeemullah – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
This study was conducted to identify the social development in early childhood years. It was delimited to eight private schools of Lahore City from the area of Faisal Town and Shadman. Forty students (male and female) were randomly selected as the sample. Five students from Nursery, Prep and grade one were selected from each school. A checklist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Private Schools, Social Development
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Sarwar, Muhammad; Inamullah, Hafiz; Khan, Naeemullah; Anwar, Nadeem – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
Resilience is the ability to succeed despite barriers that make it difficult for the students to succeed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between resilience and academic achievement of secondary level students of Gujranwala, Pakistan. A Resilience scale was used to collect data. The sample consisted of 127 secondary…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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Sarwar, Muhammad; Yousuf, Muhammad Imran; Hussain, Shafqat; Noreen, Shumaila – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2009
The research was the replication of the study done by Coutinho (2006) and it aimed at finding the relationship between achievement goals, meta-cognition and academic success. Achievement goals were further divided into two types: mastery and performance. The participants were 119 students enrolled in M. A. Education, Department of Education at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Correlation, Foreign Countries